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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent
A 16-year-old Chinamhora boy last week committed suicide by drinking rat poison after his mother declined to buy him new clothes to wear on Christmas Day citing financial chal- lenges.
Close sources said on December 23 at around 10am the boy from Gukwe Village under Chief Chinamhora approached his mother, Ms Miritesi Magetsi (46), and asked her to buy him clothes for Christmas.
It is alleged that Magetsi said she was facing financial challenges and could not find the money to buy him the clothes.
It is said that the boy later that night told Ms Magetsi that he was going to commit suicide if she failed to buy him the clothes.
According to the sources, the following morning the boy, in the company of his younger brother, proceeded to Chikakai Hardware where he bought rat poison.
It is understood that the boy went on to drink the poison in front of his sibling before he started complaining of stomach pain.
Police sources said Chinamhora police officers attended the scene and rushed the boy to Royce Clinic where he died on admission.
The body was taken to Makumbe Hospital mortuary for post-mortem.
However, efforts to get an official comment from Mashonaland East assistant provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Tendai Mwanza were fruitless as his mobile phone went unanswered..
Man turns wife into punching bag Lovemore Meya Herald Correspondent
A Chitungwiza man who head-butted and punched his wife on the mouth on Christmas Day following a domestic dispute has been sentenced to four months in prison.
Munyaradzi Tsambadzi (35) of Zengeza 2 pleaded guilty to physical abuse charges before Chitungwiza magistrate Mr Lazarus Murendo.
Mr Murendo slapped him with a seven-month prison term but conditionally set aside three months for five years.
In handing down the sentence, Mr Murendo noted that Tsambadzi’s moral blameworthiness was high.
“You abused Christmas since it is the time for families to be merry-making. You decided to turn your wife into a punching bag. The force used was unwarranted as your wife had not provoked you,” said Mr Murendo.
Mr Murendo added that people of Tsambadzi’s behaviour deserved a custodial sentence.
The State’s case was that on Christmas Day at around 2:15am Tsambadzi arrived home while his wife Revai Mukoneri (31) was sleeping.
Mukoneri asked Tsambadzi to close the door when he went out of the house, but he left it open.
When Mukoneri asked him to close the door, the court heard that Tsambadzi became angry and started hurling obscenities calling his wife a prostitute.
Tsambadzi head-butted Mukoneri and punched her on the mouth. She sustained a swollen lip and forehead.
The matter was reported to the police leading to his arrest.
Injiva runs am0k Bulawayo Bureau
A man is on the run after allegedly beating up his 20-year-old girlfriend into a coma for refusing to have sex with him.
Mpendulo Ngwenya (21), of Shaba Village under Chief Mahlathini in Tsholotsho but currently based in South Africa, allegedly clubbed Talent Mvundla repeatedly with a knobkerrie on the head until she lost consciousness.
The incident happened on Saturday at around 2am.
Ngwenya also allegedly beat up Mvundla’s sisters Nkazimulo (21) and Yenzani (43), who sustained minor injuries.
The three were taken to Shaba Clinic.
The councillor of the area, Patrick Ngwenya, said Talent was transferred to Tsholotsho District Hospital after she sustained serious injuries on the head and arms. Ngwenya is said to have become violent, setting upon the three women with a knobkerrie.
An eyewitness said injivas (Zimbabweans based in South Africa) have become a threat in the village this holiday. He said they have also threatened to beat him up.
He said Ngwenya vanished soon after the incident and has not been seen at his homestead since Saturday.
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